David,
1. ( I ain't no expert, but in my experience with a 200GB Seagate drive
that I installed in a Venus DS3 firewire case( several months ago ),
which I don't believe has a fan, all is well so far. I felt very
uncomfortable without a fan, but since it is only a "clone" backup I
have tried it.
2. The firewire drive can be turned on while the CPU is running, which
I do regularly, but to shut the firewire drive down, I do a shut down
of the CPU and then turn off the FW drive. I believe that you can drag
the FW icon to the trash while the CPU is running, as long it has no
active files engaged, and then get a " do you want to do that" inquiry
and say yes and then turn off the FW drive, but I haven't tried it for
fear I would somehow screw up my backup system on the FW drive. It has
seemed easier to just shut down the CPU, turn off the FW drive and then
restart up the CPU.
Best wishes,
Don
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On Feb 25, 2006, at 3:23 PM, david_elmo wrote:
Bought a FW external box and drive (Seagate 120GB 7200rpm). I will
probably end up putting this inside my QS 933 tower and moving the
60GB ST360021A Barracuda Seagate out into the external case.
Couple of questions:
(1) The case I bought has no fan and is a bit meagre in proportion (I
just assumed it would have a fan!)! My instinct is to have one, the
shop I bought it from is happy to exchange it for bigger one (the one
I have is a bit meagre in proportion, not that much room for any air
flow) with a fan (extra $30 Australian for box with fan!). They say
there is no real need for a fan - fanless is the modern trend for both
boxes and computers - but should I be so trendy here? It gets pretty
hot in Sydney in summer for a start. On the other hand, I might just
use the FW drive for occasional backup and not for regular long
session use.
(2) Can someone please remind me: can one just switch on and off a
firewire external in the middle of a session (it not being "the"
startup drive of course? Or does one need to switch it on first before
booting the main machine, and properly shutting down main machine
before turning off the power to the FW external? I don't think the
external drives wind down on shutting the main computer down? Must
check on this...
David Elmo
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